Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
ACUPUNCTURIST
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an ACUPUNCTURIST category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 90
- Federal exclusions
- 0.1%
- Share of all LEIE
- #35
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 68 rows in CA
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 61 of 90 LEIE rows tagged to ACUPUNCTURIST (68%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 90 exclusions tagged to ACUPUNCTURIST (0.1% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (68 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Mid-pack provider-type posture
ACUPUNCTURIST LEIE standing
90 exclusions · 0.1% corpus share · rank #35 of 85. Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (61, 68% of the category). CA, NY, PA account for the largest share of ACUPUNCTURIST exclusions on record.
Mid-pack posture at 0.1% corpus share (#35 of 85) with 68% of rows under License Revocation or Suspension. Read the reason mix and state concentration below rather than treating volume as a patient-safety grade.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 90 ACUPUNCTURIST LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
ACUPUNCTURIST: License Revocation or Suspe...-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | License Revocation or Suspension | 61 | 68% |
| 2 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 10 | 11% |
| 3 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 10 | 11% |
| 4 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 4 | 4% |
| 5 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 3 | 3% |
| 6 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 2 | 2% |
Top states - CA leads ACUPUNCTURIST (76%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 68 |
| 2 | New YorkNY | 5 |
| 3 | PennsylvaniaPA | 3 |
| 4 | FloridaFL | 3 |
| 5 | WashingtonWA | 2 |
| 6 | ArizonaAZ | 2 |
| 7 | VermontVT | 1 |
| 8 | OregonOR | 1 |
| 9 | New JerseyNJ | 1 |
| 10 | MontanaMT | 1 |
Read with ACUPUNCTURIST: How to check a provider · All provider types
Nationwide provider types with similar LEIE profiles
Cross-category peers matched on federal exclusion volume and share of the LEIE corpus, not the state concentration table above.
Similar exclusion volume
- AMBULANCE COMPANY · 93 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST · 99 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- OPTOMETRY · 81 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- MEDICAL GROUP · 77 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- AMBULANCE COMPANY · 0.1% share · 93 rows
- OPTOMETRY · 0.1% share · 81 rows
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST · 0.1% share · 99 rows
- MEDICAL GROUP · 0.1% share · 77 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - ACUPUNCTURIST
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Alberto Trejo | CA | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2011-08-18 |
| Hyun Mo Chung | CA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2011-04-20 |
| Klava Cousin | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-03-20 |
| Hui-Chang Chih | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-07-20 |
| Mira Herman | CA | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2010-07-20 |
| Kisoo Song | CA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2010-06-17 |
| Tracy Stevenson | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-06-17 |
| Kyoung Seok Jeon | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-05-20 |
| Neil Ronald Vincent | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-01-20 |
| Bridgette Joyce Mazurek | MT | License Revocation or Suspension | 2009-12-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) Federal exclusion data from the HHS Office of Inspector General (LEIE). Provider-type categories are as recorded in the LEIE dataset. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.